Once the largest vegetable grower in France's Grand Est region (eastern France), Claude Keller, head of the ID3A company, has decided to shut down his business, dismayed by the inability to sell his vegetables to large retailers at a fair price. "Last year, we sold two-thirds of the lettuce season at a loss, which just isn’t sustainable in the long run," he explains from his now-empty warehouses. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES